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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Winter Wonderland

But for us snow-loving creatures, we had to get our white stuff somewhere. So I incorporated it into our living room so I could see "snow" every day.

Keeping up with my mantel decor, I kept right on with it after taking down the Christmas stuff the first week of January. I wasn't quite ready to give up on Old Man Winter yet, so I left all of my snowmen and winter themed decorations out of boxes.

Lot's of different things going on here. A hodge podge of anything white or clear that I could find lying around. The clear glass tree vases, the silver crackled bulbs from Restoration Hardware, the empty liquor decanters, and the upside down wine glasses all help add a little sparkle to an otherwise dreary winter.

In addition to the LED snowflake lights hanging under the mantel, I put two of my white Ikea nightlights up there as well. My collection of doilies lined the mantel, playing their part as the fake "snow".

Aren't they cute??﻿ They're jingle bells that I painted a few years back - thought they fit right in placed among the snow.

This is one element I wanted to point out because of how original it is. I found it during our last trip to New York about a month ago. There's this great salvage store that specializes in old fixtures from homes. They had about a zillion of these for sale with all different designs on them. You might be asking yourself "but what is it??" Fear not...I didn't know at first either. But they I did some research.....

It used to look like this. Hanging over a bathroom mirror. Very pretty. We actually bought one similar that hangs straight down to install as our new front porch light.

Note to self: add "fix front porch light" to the list of things to do.

Well, that's it. Just a little reminder to all of you that it is (according to Punxsutawny Phil) actually winter time for at least another 6 weeks. Maybe Old Man Winter will come around here soon and dump a wonderful pile of fluff!!

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I'm Jess. I'm an Interior Designer and avid upholsterer, furniture refinisher, blogger, and craftaholic.This is the place I tell all my stories. This is how I keep sane from day to day. This is my after-hours job. This is my before and after catalog of my greatest work. But most importantly....This Is My Life.